Convoy to New Guinea - Coral Sea - 1943

Original pencil drawing with wash, signed and dated by Murphy, of the view from the side of one ship out to sea towards a convoy in the background. Original pencil drawing with wash, signed and dated by Murphy, of the view from the side of one ship out to sea towards a convoy in the background. Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.

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Original record: Convoy to New Guinea - Coral Sea - 1943
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1943
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Murphy, John Cullen, 1919-2004 (artist)
Subject(s): Camp Stewart, Georgia
Coral Sea
Drawings (Visual Works)
Military convoys
New York 7th Regiment
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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